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mrfakename
roster size?
by mrfakename @ 2/17/2015 3:55 pm
Can I have more than 60 guys? During the draft can I continue to draft despite roster size? More specifically I have rounds 4,5,6,7 to go and I have 60 guys on my roster. Do I cut current players in order to get the option to sign those late rounders? I see the limit and I do not want the AI choosing who to cut. I want to go to 65 guys in preseason and cut a bunch at the end of preseason. Is any of this possible? Or is it a max of 60 all the time?
jdavidbakr
Re: roster size?
by jdavidbakr (Site Admin) @ 2/17/2015 4:47 pm
The AI will only cut your roster down to 60 if you go into the training camp stage with more than 60. You can have more than 60 during the draft, and you have through late free agency to make your cuts to 60.

While games are being played, you can sign more players and/or be over the salary cap during the midweek stages, but if you don't get that fixed for the game stage then the AI will make cuts for you. (You should get a warning to that effect after the midweek stage). The AI will also sign players if you are less than 45 in a game stage, and if you don't have enough salary cap room to sign players to get up to 45 the AI will make cuts to make room ... that's the worst case that can happen with the AI messing with your roster.

One more point while we're talking about the AI messing with your roster, if you sign one player and cut another player on a game stage (because for some reason you missed the midweek to do that), the newly signed player will be added to your roster as an inactive player, so be sure you have 46 active players not including the one you cut. If you have fewer than 45 active players on a game stage, the AI will rebuild your depth chart.
mrfakename
Re: roster size?
by mrfakename @ 2/17/2015 4:54 pm
Thank you for clearing that up for me.
Thor
Re: roster size?
by Thor @ 2/17/2015 5:58 pm
jdavidbakr wrote:

If you have fewer than 45 active players on a game stage, the AI will rebuild your depth chart.

Does this mean that if I've deactivated so many players due to injury that I have less than 45 active, the AI will re-do my depth chart?

I think that may explain some strange things I've seen.
jdavidbakr
Re: roster size?
by jdavidbakr (Site Admin) @ 2/17/2015 7:17 pm
Thor wrote:
jdavidbakr wrote:

If you have fewer than 45 active players on a game stage, the AI will rebuild your depth chart.

Does this mean that if I've deactivated so many players due to injury that I have less than 45 active, the AI will re-do my depth chart?

I think that may explain some strange things I've seen.

That is correct. If you don't have enough healthy players to field 45, you have to go ahead and play players or cut/sign players to get a healthy roster.

On the depth chart screen if any of the numbers at the top are in red that's an indication that the AI will fix things if you don't.
CrazySexyBeast
Re: roster size?
by CrazySexyBeast @ 1/23/2022 4:49 pm
bump :P
CrazySexyBeast
Re: roster size?
by CrazySexyBeast @ 4/13/2022 12:17 pm
jdavidbakr wrote:
The AI will only cut your roster down to 60 if you go into the training camp stage with more than 60. You can have more than 60 during the draft, and you have through late free agency to make your cuts to 60.

While games are being played, you can sign more players and/or be over the salary cap during the midweek stages, but if you don't get that fixed for the game stage then the AI will make cuts for you. (You should get a warning to that effect after the midweek stage). The AI will also sign players if you are less than 45 in a game stage, and if you don't have enough salary cap room to sign players to get up to 45 the AI will make cuts to make room ... that's the worst case that can happen with the AI messing with your roster.

One more point while we're talking about the AI messing with your roster, if you sign one player and cut another player on a game stage (because for some reason you missed the midweek to do that), the newly signed player will be added to your roster as an inactive player, so be sure you have 46 active players not including the one you cut. If you have fewer than 45 active players on a game stage, the AI will rebuild your depth chart.